This concrete encased beam bridge carries a former Chicago & North Western Railway line over an unnamed ditch alongside Iowa Highway 140 between Moville and Kingsley

Moville, Woodbury County, Iowa

Owner: Private Owner

Status: Abandoned

Built 1907

by

Unknown

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
12' concrete encased beam

Description:
Concrete encased beam bridge over unnamed ditch

Significance:

This Pratt pony truss bridge crosses the Cedar River with two distinctively different sized spans

Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa

Owner: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited

Status: Open to Traffic

Built 1897

by

J.G. Wagner Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin

for

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
2 span pin-connected Pratt pony truss

Description:
Pratt pony truss bridge over Cedar River

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge was built by the Phoenix Bridge Company

Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa

Owner: City of Mason City

Status: Open to trail traffic

Built 1902

by

Phoenix Bridge Company of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania

for

Iowa Central Railroad

Design:
65' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Elm Drive

Significance:

This large stone arch bridge carries a former Chicago & North Western Railway line over Crooked Creek on the east side of Rolfe

Rolfe, Pocahontas County, Iowa

Owner: Pocahontas County Conservation Board

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built 1903

by

Unknown

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
20' stone arch

Description:
Stone arch bridge over Crooked Creek

Significance:

This quadrangular lattice through truss bridge carries a former Chicago & North Western Railway line over Eagle Creek alongside County Road C70 in Woolstock

Woolstock, Wright County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1902 and 1914

by

Unknown

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
123' quadrangular lattice through truss, 1-35' deck plate girder and 1-30' deck plate girder

Description:
Quadrangular lattice through truss bridge over Eagle Creek

Significance:

This steel stringer bridge carries a former Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (Rock Island) line over Iowa Highway 4 (9th Street) in Estherville

Estherville, Emmet County, Iowa

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1933

by

Unknown and Snyder and Johnson of Humboldt, Iowa

for

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway

Design:
44' steel stringer

Description:
Steel stringer bridge over Iowa Highway 4 (9th Street)

Significance:

This small stone arch culvert carries a former Great Northern Railway mainline over an unnamed creek near 350th Street north of Sioux Center

Sioux Center, Sioux County, Iowa

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built c. 1900

by

Unknown

for

Great Northern Railway

Design:
8' stone arch culvert

Description:
Stone arch culvert over unnamed creek

Significance:

This attractive Pratt through truss bridge carries a former Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway line over the East Fork Des Moines River in Frank Gotch State Park south of Humboldt

Humboldt, Humboldt County, Iowa

Owner: Humboldt County Conservation Board

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built 1901

by

Detroit Bridge & Iron Works of Detroit, Michigan and Unknown

for

Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway

Design:
159' Pratt through truss and timber pile trestle

Description:
Pratt through truss bridge over East Fork Des Moines River

Significance:

This deck plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) line over an unnamed creek alongside Iowa Highway 12 in Akron

Akron, Plymouth County, Iowa

Owner: D&I Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1947 using spans fabricated 1898

by

Unknown

for

Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad

Design:
30' deck plate girder and timber pile trestle

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over unnamed creek

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge carries a former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) line over Westfield Creek alongside Iowa Highway 12 north of Westfield

Westfield, Plymouth County, Iowa

Owner: D&I Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1930

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad

Design:
85' through plate girder and timber pile trestle

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Westfield Creek

Significance: